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DENVER — Why did the Avalanche send down defenseman Chris Bigras, dispatching him to the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League?
"Because he needs to go play," Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said after Friday's practice at Family Sports Center. "He needs to go play big, important minutes down there. He's having ... he had a great camp. I like what I see from him."
Bigras was among the three Colorado cuts announced Thursday afternoon, along with winger J.T. Compher and defenseman Anton Lindholm.
"All three of the guys that we (sent to San Antonio), I think have promising futures," Bednar said.